Schedule & Assignments
Week 1
Monday, November 30 Textbooks/Seating Chart Syllabus/Lab Safety Contract Pre-Assessment- Vocab Hand out Genetics Vocab. HW: -Signed Syllabus due Friday! -RQ 9.1 on Wed! Tuesday, December 1 Pre-Test Intro. to Genetics Notes Intro. to Genetics Wksht HW: -Intro to Genetics Wksht due tomorrow! -RQ 9.1 tomorrow! -Signed Syllabus due Friday!. -RQ 9.3 on Friday! Wednesday, December 2 RQ 9.1 Go over Intro. to Genetics Wksht Mitosis Notes-stop at role of cell cycle Cell Cycle Stage Observation (Partners) Picture for this HW: -Cell Cycle Stage Observations due tomorrow! -Mitosis Review due Friday! -Genetics Vocab. due Monday! -RQ 9.3 on Friday! Thursday, December 3 Discuss Cell Cycle Observations Finish Mitosis Notes and Discuss Why Cells Divide Class Mitosis Activity Mitosis Video (if time) HW: -Mitosis Review due tomorrow -Mitosis Quiz on Monday! -Genetics Vocab. due Monday. -RQ 9.3 on tomorrow! -Signed Syllabus due tomorrow! Friday, December 4 Turn in Syllabus Check Mitosis Review Lab: Cell Growth and Reproduction Lab: Cell Size and Diffusion RQ 9.3 HW: -Lab Questions due Monday! -Mitosis Quiz on Monday! -RQ 10.2 on Tuesday! -Vocab. due Monday!! |
Week 2
Monday, December 7 Turn in Vocab. Mitosis Quiz Collect Lab Questions and Vocab. Meiosis Notes HW: -Mitosis/Meiosis Assignment due tomorrow! -Mitosis/Meiosis Quiz on Thursday! -RQ 10.2 tomorrow! -RQ 11.1 on Wednesday! Tuesday, December 8 RQ 10.2 Check Mitosis/Meiosis Assignment Karyotype Activity HW: -Cancer and Meiosis Review due tomorrow! -Mitosis/Meiosis Quiz on Thursday. -RQ 11.1 tomorrow! Wednesday, December 9 RQ 11.1 Turn in Cancer and Meiosis Review Finish Karyotype Activity if needed Karyotype Notes HW: -Karyotyping Questions due tomorrow -Mitosis/Meiosis Review due tomorrow -Mitosis/Meiosis Quiz tomorrow! Thursday, December 10 Mitosis/Meiosis Quiz Turn in Karyotyping Questions Check Mitosis/Meiosis Review DNA Notes (Handout) Work on DNA Replication Coloring Sheet Cell Differentiation Notes HW: -Finish DNA Replication Coloring Sheet due tomorrow! -Study for Vocab. Quiz on Tuesday! Friday, December 11 Check Coloring Sheet Finish Cell Differentiation Notes RNA Notes (including Protein Synthesis) Discuss DNA Project HW: -DNA/RNA Worksheet (skip #11, 12c and d, 14) due tomorrow! -Vocab. Quiz on Tuesday! -DNA/RNA Quiz on Wednesday! -DNA Project due Wednesday! |
Week 3
Monday, December 14 Check DNA/RNA Worksheet Review Protein Synthesis - Transcription/Translation Practice Problems Hand out Amino Acid Table DNA Project Workday! HW: -Transcription/Translation Worksheet due tomorrow -Vocab. Quiz tomorrow! -DNA/RNA Quiz on Wednesday! -RQ 11.3 on Wednesday! -DNA Project due Wed! Tuesday, December 15 Vocab. Quiz Check Trans/Transl. Wksht. Mutation Notes Watch Achondroplasia Dwarfism Video HW: -Mutations Wksht due tomorrow! -DNA/RNA Quiz tomorrow! -DNA Project due tomorrow! -Protein Synthesis Sheet due Thursday! -Big Quiz Review due Thursday! -RQ 11.3 tomorrow! Wednesday, December 16 DNA/RNA Quiz Check Mutations Wksht Polyploidy Notes HW: -Protein Synthesis Sheet due tomorrow! -Big Quiz Review due tomorrow! -Big Quiz on Friday! Thursday, December 17 RQ 11.3 Check Protein Synthesis Sheet and Big Quiz Review Start Punnett Square Notes Predicting Inheritance Wksht as notes HW: -Big Quiz tomorrow! Friday, December 18 Big Quiz MC/Big Quiz Short Answer Finish Punnett Square Notes HW: -Bikini Bottom Genetics due Monday! -Monohybrid Cross Wksht due Monday! ~ CHRISTMAS BREAK ~ |
Week 4
Monday, January 4 Check Monohybrid Cross Wksht and Bikini Bottom Genetics Finish Punnett Square: Dihybrid Notes and Review Monohybrid Cross HW: -Dihybrid Cross Wksht due tomorrow! -Short Punnett Square Quiz on Wednesday! -RQ 12.1 on Thursday! Tuesday, January 5 Review Punnett Square and Go over Dihybrid Cross Wksht Variations of Inheritance Notes Who Gets the $? Activity HW: -Who Gets the $ due tomorrow! -Punnett Square Quiz tomorrow! -RQ 12.1 on Thursday! Wednesday, January 6 Turn in Who Gets the $ Punnett Square Quiz Pedigree Notes (use half sheet as class) HW: -Pedigree Charts and Sex-Linked Traits due tomorrow! -RQ 12.1 tomorrow! Thursday, January 7 RQ 12.1 Check Pedigree Charts and Sex-Linked Traits Worktime: Genetics Practice Problems HW: -Genetics Practice Problems due tomorrow! Friday, January 8 Go over Genetics Practice Problems Video: Choose the Sex of Your Baby Work-time: More Genetics Problems Test Review HW: -Test Review due Tuesday! -Test on Tuesday! |
Week 5
Monday, January 11: Snow Day Tuesday, January 12: Snow Day Wednesday, January 13 Test Review HW: -Test Wednesday! -Test Review due tomorrow! Thursday, January 14 Go over Review Review as a class Friday, January 15 Test HW: -RQ 15.1- Wednesday |
Week 6
Monday, January 18 Teacher In-Service: No School for students Tuesday, January 19 Dogs & More Dogs: Intro to Evolution Wednesday, January 20 Pre-Test Go over Genetics Test RQ 15.1 Notes Work Time HW: -RQ 15.1 due tomorrow -Bring Pic of your dog or a dog Thursday, January 21 RQ 15.1 Discuss Dogs & More Dogs Intro. to Evolution Notes Vocab. Work Time HW: -Vocab. due Monday! - Bring Pic of your dog or a dog Friday, January 22 Dogs Activity Pepper Moth Assignment on computer (http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/pepperedmoth.html) Packet Work Time HW: -Vocab. due Monday -Peppered Moth Assignment due Tuesday -Packet due Wednesday |
Week 7
Parent Teacher Conferences Mon & Wed 5:30- 7:30 Monday, January 25 Collect Vocab. Evidence for Evolution Notes Evidence Packet Work Time (Hard copies only at this time) HW: -Packet due Wednesday Tuesday, January 26 Collect Peppered Moth Assignment Natural Selection Notes: Part 1 and Part 2 (Types) Hand out Stickbug Lab HW: -PreLab Quiz on Stickbugs tomorrow -RQ 17.1 Thursday Wednesday, January 27 SNOW-Day- No School! Thursday, January 28 Check Evidence Packet Stickbugs PreLab Quiz Modes of Natural Selection Notes Co-Evolution Video with questions (Video available on Shared Biology Drive) HW: -RQ 17.1 on Thursday -Co-Evolution Questions due tomorrow Friday, January 29 RQ 17.1 Collect Co-Evolution Questions Stickbugs Lab HW: -Stickbugs Lab Questions Monday. -Vocab. Quiz on Monday! |
Week 8
Monday, February 1 Finish Stickbugs How Evolution Works Notes: Student Notes Cladogram Online Activity - USE THIS WEBSITE (Lab 2267) HW: -Misconceptions Ws due tomorrow. Tuesday, February 2 Vocab. Quiz Collect Misconception Wksht Collect Cladogram Worksheet Classification Notes Classification Kid’s Book - will need computers(change to flipbook) HW: -RQ 17.3 on Wednesday Wednesday, February 3 RQ 17.3 Classification Flip Book - will need computers(change to flipbook) HW: -Classification Flip Book due Thursday! Thursday, February 4 Six Kingdoms Chart Finish Flipbook HW: -Flip Book due tomorrow. Friday, February 5 Collect Kid’s Book Test Review HW: -Test Review due tomorrow! |
Week 9
Monday, February 8 Post-Test Go over Test Review HW: -Study for Test Tuesday, February 9 Jeopardy Wednesday, February 10 Evolution Test Part A & Part B Thursday, February 11 Go over Evolution Test Hand out Learning Targets and Unit Vocab. Intro to Infectious Disease Notes (Handout) HW: -Vocab. due Monday! Friday, February 12 Homeostasis Notes (Handout) Homeostasis/Feedback Activity: A Balancing Act Homeostasis & Negative Feedback Worksheet HW: -Homeostasis Wksht due tomorrow! -Vocab. due Monday |
Week 10
Monday, February 15 Collect Vocab Collect and go over Homeostasis Worksheets & Activity Pathogens/Viruses Notes (Handout) Round Robin Lab Immune System- Body Systems Packet HW: -All Worksheets due tomorrow Tuesday, February 16 Immune System Notes (Handout) Spreading of Illness Activity Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Videos: KWL and thoughts on issues Video 1- Video 2 Nervous System- Body Systems Packet HW: Wednesday, February 17 Go over Central Nervous System Wksht White Blood Cell Notes (How Immune System Fights Virus Handout) HW: -Central Nervous System Wksht Thursday, February 18 Go over Round Robin Lab Skeletal & Muscular System- Body Systems Packet Body Building Activity (Key) HW: -Body Building Activity Friday, February 19 No School- Mid Winter Break |
Week 11
Monday, February 22 Circulatory & Respiratory Notes & Activity & Worksheet HW: Tuesday, February 23 Body Building Activity Due! Review Circulatory & Respiratory Activity Dissect Heart Go over Heart Labeling Worksheet HW: - Vocab. Quiz tomorrow Wednesday, February 24 Vocab. Quiz Regulation of Human Heart Rate Worksheet Circulatory & Respiratory- Body Systems Packet HW: - Human Heart Rate Worksheet - Circulatory & Respiratory- Body Systems Packet Thursday, February 25 Digestion Notes via Magic School Bus Video & Worksheet Digestion System Tour Digestion- Body Systems Packet Friday, February 26 Mini-Lab Report Due Other Systems- Body Systems Packet Work on Digestive System Tour Test Review |
Week 12
Monday, February 29 Work Day: Test Review & Digestive System Tours Finish Other Systems- Body Systems Packet HW: -Test Review due tomorrow! - Body Systems Packet Tuesday, March 1 Digestive System Tour Due- Present to Class! Go over Body Systems Packet Go over Test Review Final Exam Review Work Time HW: -Systems Test tomorrow! -Final Exam Review due Friday! Wednesday, March 2 Collect Test Review Systems/Disease Test HW: -Final Exam Review due Friday! Thursday, March 3 Go over Systems/Disease Test Work on Final Exam Review Friday, March 4 Go over Final Exam Review Review as a Class |
Week 13
Monday, March 7 5th Macro Exam Final Exam Review Tuesday, March 8 1st and 2nd Macro Exams Wednesday, March 9 3rd and 4th Macro Exams Thursday, March 10 First day of 3rd Trimester |